Cooking recipe providing system and computer readable recording medium with cooking recipe providing program

Abstract

A cooking recipe providing system or a computer readable recording medium for providing a predetermined cooking recipe from at least one food material data including a name and a quantity of the food material, uses a database which stores in advance a plurality of cooking recipes and food material data corresponding to the cooking recipes. A plurality of the food material data in which priorities are set are provided to the cooking recipe providing system. First cooking recipes of meals using all the food materials of the plurality of the food material data provided are searched from the database. Second cooking recipes of meals in which the food material of the highest priority is a main food material are selected from the first cooking recipes. At least one cooking recipe of the second cooking recipes is provided.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A cooking recipe providing system for providing a predetermined cooking recipe from data of at least one food material including a name and a quantity of the food material, said system having a database which stores in advance a plurality of cooking recipes and food material data corresponding to said cooking recipes, said cooking recipe providing system being characterized in that: 
 a plurality of said food material data in which priorities are set are provided to said cooking recipe providing system;    first cooking recipes of meals using all the food materials of said plurality of said food material data provided are searched from said database;    second cooking recipes of meals in which the food material of the highest priority is a main food material are selected from said first cooking recipes; and    at least one cooking recipe of said second cooking recipes is provided.    
     
     
         2 . The cooking recipe providing system according to  claim 1 , which is further characterized in that, if there is no meal using all the food materials of said plurality of said food material data provided, third cooking recipes of meals are searched by removing low priority food material data in which a priority of a food material is low among said food materials of said plurality of said food material data, and fourth cooking recipes of meals using the food material of said low priority food material data removed from said searching parameters are searched, and at least two cooking recipes are provided.  
     
     
         3 . The cooking recipe providing system according to  claim 1 , which is further characterized in that a food material list, which includes lacking food material data of lacking food materials among the food materials used for making the meals of the searched cooking recipe, is provided.  
     
     
         4 . The cooking recipe providing system according to  claim 1 , which is further characterized in that a cooking method of the meal of the searched cooking recipe is provided by still images or movie images.  
     
     
         5 . The cooking recipe providing system according to  claim 1 , in which said system is provided on a communication network, said food material data are provided to said system through said communication network, and said at least one cooking recipe of said second cooking recipes is provided through said communication network.  
     
     
         6 . A computer readable recording medium having a cooking recipe providing program for providing a predetermined cooking recipe from data of at least one food material including a name and a quantity of the food material, and using a database which stores in advance a plurality of cooking recipes and food material data corresponding to said cooking recipes, said computer readable recording medium being characterized in that: 
 a plurality of said food material data in which priorities are set are provided to said cooking recipe providing program;    first cooking recipes of meals using all the food materials of said plurality of said food material data provided are searched from said database;    second cooking recipes of meals in which the food material of the highest priority is a main food material are selected from said first cooking recipes; and    at least one cooking recipe of said second cooking recipes is provided.    
     
     
         7 . The computer readable recording medium according to  claim 6 , which is further characterized in that, if there is no meal using all the food materials of said plurality of said food material data provided, third cooking recipes of meals are searched by removing low priority food material data in which a priority of a food material is low among said food materials of said plurality of said food material data, and fourth cooking recipes of meals using the food material of said low priority food material data removed from said searching parameters are searched, and at least two cooking recipes are provided.  
     
     
         8 . The computer readable recording medium according to  claim 6 , which is further characterized in that a food material list, which includes lacking food material data of lacking food materials among food materials used for making the meals of the searched cooking recipe, is provided.  
     
     
         9 . The computer readable recording medium according to  claim 6 , which is further characterized in that a cooking method of the meal of the searched cooking recipe is provided by still images or movie images.  
     
     
         10 . The computer readable recording medium according to  claim 6 , in which said database is stored in said computer readable recording medium.  
     
     
         11 . The computer readable recording medium according to  claim 6 , in which said database is provided on a communication network, and accessed through said communication network.